I used the instructions for configuring a [[Simple stateful firewall]] which seemed to work well aside from a couple of minor edits to get the rules accepted. I then used Shields Up, connecting my machine directly to the cable company's modem to remove the router effect. Shields Up seemed generally happy although it criticised the policy for ping requests. I guess it would prefer the policy which the instructions say to use only for educational purposes. Also, it rather weirdly set a bunch of cookies even though the site claims not to use them. And it pointed out that my ISP is enabling the world to track us via a unique computer/ip name - but that's not the fault of the iptables config. I did not test the rules for ipv6 as it is disabled right now. I'm not sure how useful Shields Up tests are for Linux as the site seems primarily designed to expose vulnerabilities in Windows... --[[User:Margali|Margali]] 22:11, 29 December 2011 (EST)

I used the instructions for configuring a [[Simple stateful firewall]] which seemed to work well aside from a couple of minor edits to get the rules accepted. I then used Shields Up, connecting my machine directly to the cable company's modem to remove the router effect. Shields Up seemed generally happy although it criticised the policy for ping requests. I guess it would prefer the policy which the instructions say to use only for educational purposes. Also, it rather weirdly set a bunch of cookies even though the site claims not to use them. And it pointed out that my ISP is enabling the world to track us via a unique computer/ip name - but that's not the fault of the iptables config. I did not test the rules for ipv6 as it is disabled right now. I'm not sure how useful Shields Up tests are for Linux as the site seems primarily designed to expose vulnerabilities in Windows... --[[User:Margali|Margali]] 22:11, 29 December 2011 (EST)

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I did some sprucing up overall on the beginning of the article. I found it prudent to make a beginning section of '''tutorials and guides''', and add some text about iptables to the introduction. I also added a short synopsis using some random links already prsent from a random "also see" section ato the beginning of the iptables front-end section. I'm also going to add a link to the '''Absolute Beginners Guide''' to here, as I feel my changes will make this article more intelligible to newbies.

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Also sorry for the excessive amount of edits in the history page.. I'll utilize the "show preview" button more in the future.

:Hi, thanks for your contributions, but with [https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php?title=Firewalls&diff=next&oldid=240186] and [https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php?title=Firewalls&diff=next&oldid=240198] you've messed up a template ([https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php?title=Firewalls&diff=240366&oldid=240270 now fixed]), maybe you want to research a bit how templates work in MediaWiki ;)

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:Performing multiple edits is preferable to single bulky edits, but please next time, instead of explaining your changes in the talk page, use the Edit summary at the bottom of editor pages so that the explanations will be visible directly in the history of the article.

Revision as of 04:26, 24 March 2013

Shields Up

I used the instructions for configuring a Simple stateful firewall which seemed to work well aside from a couple of minor edits to get the rules accepted. I then used Shields Up, connecting my machine directly to the cable company's modem to remove the router effect. Shields Up seemed generally happy although it criticised the policy for ping requests. I guess it would prefer the policy which the instructions say to use only for educational purposes. Also, it rather weirdly set a bunch of cookies even though the site claims not to use them. And it pointed out that my ISP is enabling the world to track us via a unique computer/ip name - but that's not the fault of the iptables config. I did not test the rules for ipv6 as it is disabled right now. I'm not sure how useful Shields Up tests are for Linux as the site seems primarily designed to expose vulnerabilities in Windows... --Margali 22:11, 29 December 2011 (EST)

Edit summary

I did some sprucing up overall on the beginning of the article. I found it prudent to make a beginning section of tutorials and guides, and add some text about iptables to the introduction. I also added a short synopsis using some random links already prsent from a random "also see" section ato the beginning of the iptables front-end section. I'm also going to add a link to the Absolute Beginners Guide to here, as I feel my changes will make this article more intelligible to newbies.

Also sorry for the excessive amount of edits in the history page.. I'll utilize the "show preview" button more in the future.
Swashy (talk) 20:02, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for your contributions, but with [1] and [2] you've messed up a template (now fixed), maybe you want to research a bit how templates work in MediaWiki ;)

Performing multiple edits is preferable to single bulky edits, but please next time, instead of explaining your changes in the talk page, use the Edit summary at the bottom of editor pages so that the explanations will be visible directly in the history of the article.